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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

A perfect day

This was an absolutely perfect day for outdoor knitting. Well, almost perfect. As soon as poor Dorah sat down under the majestic maple, a bird left his calling card on her sleeve!😞 I sure hope the stain comes out in the wash!
Carole finished her Easy Scarf and sent a pic of how it looked as it was blocking. 
It made a very graceful curve.
She wanted to be sure it was wearable so she tried tying it around her neck and it looks great!
Not to mention those vivid colors looking so beautiful!
Dorah finished her Changing Staircases Shawl. The blocking process helped to open up the lace stitches that blend seamlessly with the stockinette sections.
 
Margaret added a unique criss cross motif to the 1898 Hat which was added to our inventory today.
Barbara B. did a little crocheting today. She's making a Large Mobius Fidget Ball for the Friday group we also belong to. Sometimes there is a little overlap in projects so it's nice to see what other items are being made.
Jan A. is wrapping up the last few sections on her Close to You Shawl. That purple tonal yarn is stunning in person.
Maureen's Bewind Hat is far enough along to really show off the spiraling stitches up the hat. The pattern doesn't use a beginning of round marker when working the spirals so it can be a bit tricky but she is doing a great job.
Dorah picked out three lovely colors of fingering weight yarn from her stash to make a Helix Hat.
Because she is using a finer yarn, she had to adjust the needle size to a number 2 for the ribbing and a number 3 for the crown.
You can almost see the three different yarns coming together to make the helix. A few more rounds and it will stand out nicely.
Margaret's next project is a beanie hat. She casts on enough stitches to fit an average head and then takes off! When one of the Chicks asks if the size is good my response is always, "It will fit someone." We never really know who is going to get our finished items so we don't really have to stress out about fit. It will fit someone!
Carole's Valin Cowl is slow going. But she knits Brioche beautifully. I'm surprised she can do this as social knitting. 
There are some patterns that require silence and concentration and this would be one for me.
Janna also belongs to my Friday knitting group so she's overlapping projects too. Here she is making a baby blanket which will look like basket weave.
Speaking of basket weave, my Olivia Cowl is getting longer. Soon it will be time to graft the short ends to make an infinity scarf.
Carole is making a Close to You Shawl like Jan A's using a yarn that she picked up at a studio sale. It was marked as a "mistake" so she got it very inexpensively. Sometimes the dyer isn't happy with a final result because it doesn't look the way they imagined but it's a perfectly good yarn and makes a perfectly lovely scarf!
Jan P. is plugging away on her Mobius Cowl. It takes perseverance to make one of these since there are so many stitches on the needle and it seems to take forever to get around them all. But she'll get it done.
I put out three hummingbird feeders this year and have seen only one hummer so far. Maybe it's still a little early. But I need to refill them before the nectar ferments. Can't have inebriated birds flopping around my yard! LOL! So have a good week and check back next Tuesday to see our progress. As always, keep those needles clicking.
 

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